| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mathieu Christian Moreau | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Quimper, France | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Varese | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000-2001 | Nantes | ||
| 2001-2003 | Internazionale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2006 | Internazionale | 0 | (0) |
| 2003-2004 | → Spezia (loan) | 26 | (0) |
| 2004-2005 | → Ternana (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Lucchese (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2006-2008 | Lucchese | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Pro Sesto (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2008- | Varese | 55 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| France U-19 | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Mathieu Christian Moreau (born 22 February 1983) is a French football player. He currently plays for A.S. Varese 1910.
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Mathieu Moreau started his career at French most famous youth academy at Nantes. In summer 2001 he joined Internazionale. He won Campionato Nazionale Primavera in summer 2002 as Alex Cordaz's backup.
In summer 2003, he was farmed to Spezia (Serie C1) along with Mattia Altobelli.
A year later, he was loaned to Ternana (Serie B) along with Fabrizio Biava.[1]
In summer 2005, he was loaned again, this time to Lucchese (Serie C1) along with Fabrizio Biava. He played as second choice behind Alex Brunner.
In summer 2006, Lucchese bought half of the player license,[2] for a peppercorn fee of €500 and a year later bought all the license. But along with Paolo Castelli, also was owned by Inter, failed to play regularly, work behind Brunner and later Massimo Gazzoli.
In summer 2008, Varese signed him as Lucchese folded. He quickly became the first choice goalkeeper and won Lega Pro Seconda Divisione Champion 2009. In the next season, Varese gained another advancement: the team ended at second place the championship, but won the playoff's final. So, in 2010 season the team would play the Serie B, and he is yet the first choice goalkeeper.
However he was the understudy of Massimo Zappino in 2010–11 Serie B. The team finished fourth but failed to win the promotion playoffs. After the departure of Zappino in late August 2011, Moreau became first choice again in the first 4 rounds, win zero wins, 2 draws and 2 loses. Since round 5 Walter Bressan became the fist choice.